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The Tiger Came to the Mountains
Mexico, 1917. On a farm during the violent tumult of revolution, a more immediate threat prowls in a short, emotional story about survival by the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.
She is the adventurer of the family. Her brother, the gentle dreamer. Even as they bond over folktales and hold each other close, their world has never felt so dangerous. Revolutionaries and pelones are in conflict, soldiers have turned into scavengers, and an escaped tiger has slipped up the mountain, looking for easy prey. As the darkest of legends becomes real, a young girl will do anything to save her brother’s life.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s The Tiger Came to the Mountains is part of Trespass, a collection of wild stories about animal instincts, human folly, and survival from award-winning, bestselling authors. Read or listen to each in a single sitting.
She is the adventurer of the family. Her brother, the gentle dreamer. Even as they bond over folktales and hold each other close, their world has never felt so dangerous. Revolutionaries and pelones are in conflict, soldiers have turned into scavengers, and an escaped tiger has slipped up the mountain, looking for easy prey. As the darkest of legends becomes real, a young girl will do anything to save her brother’s life.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s The Tiger Came to the Mountains is part of Trespass, a collection of wild stories about animal instincts, human folly, and survival from award-winning, bestselling authors. Read or listen to each in a single sitting.
28 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 24, 2022
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia
156 books27.7k followersSilvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of several novels, including Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau. She has also edited a number of anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award-winning She Walks in Shadows (a.k.a. Cthulhu's Daughters). Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination.
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December 6, 2022
"Hunger is hard."
Silvia Moreno Garcia writes of treacherous times. Times filled with the bitterness of war and revolution. Times living with fear that the world had already ended.
Mexico in 1917 was a magnet for pelones who swept the countryside stealing and destroying everything underfoot. Nothing was sacred to them. Not the neighboring farms, the starving children or the terrified women trying to piece together crusts of bread. Pancho Villa had already killed over 90 women in the blink of an eye.
But there is a new enemy now that walks on padded feet. Machorra and her sickly older brother take to the caves to escape the marauding. They never bargained for what would enter into their darkened domain that night.
Silvia Moreno Garcia parallels this story to those of her great-grandmother. Something stalked in the pitch black with amber eyes. Not all will leave that cave in the morning.
Fear populated by starvation, hopelessness, and death perching nearby. Garcia brings the spoils of revolution to us who may well be encapsolated in indifference.
Silvia Moreno Garcia writes of treacherous times. Times filled with the bitterness of war and revolution. Times living with fear that the world had already ended.
Mexico in 1917 was a magnet for pelones who swept the countryside stealing and destroying everything underfoot. Nothing was sacred to them. Not the neighboring farms, the starving children or the terrified women trying to piece together crusts of bread. Pancho Villa had already killed over 90 women in the blink of an eye.
But there is a new enemy now that walks on padded feet. Machorra and her sickly older brother take to the caves to escape the marauding. They never bargained for what would enter into their darkened domain that night.
Silvia Moreno Garcia parallels this story to those of her great-grandmother. Something stalked in the pitch black with amber eyes. Not all will leave that cave in the morning.
Fear populated by starvation, hopelessness, and death perching nearby. Garcia brings the spoils of revolution to us who may well be encapsolated in indifference.
July 4, 2023
The story takes place in Mexico during the revolution, around 1917.
Machorra is 13. Her father and her uncle have both left to join the conflict; the children all remain at the farm with their mother and their aunt.
Soldiers from both sides raid the farm on a regular basis.
A train is derailed. It was carrying a collection of circus animals, including a tiger.
Melchor, Machorra’s brother, is sick. But they must take animals and supplies and hide in a cave from the pilfering troops.
Cold style with a flat tone. This would flow better as one solid piece, rather than Machorra telling the story years later.
Machorra is 13. Her father and her uncle have both left to join the conflict; the children all remain at the farm with their mother and their aunt.
Soldiers from both sides raid the farm on a regular basis.
A train is derailed. It was carrying a collection of circus animals, including a tiger.
Melchor, Machorra’s brother, is sick. But they must take animals and supplies and hide in a cave from the pilfering troops.
Cold style with a flat tone. This would flow better as one solid piece, rather than Machorra telling the story years later.
January 16, 2023
In a Nutshell: A short survival story based in Mexico in 1917 during the revolution. Good story, bad title.
Story Synopsis:
Imagine how nice it would have been if reading my synopsis would have made you curious to know who the visitor was. But thanks to the silly title, you can already guess its identity. Sheesh! The “visit” doesn’t even happen until the final section of this tiny 28 page story, so the title somewhat kills the entire suspense.
If I hadn’t been waiting for the tiger to pop up, I would have enjoyed the scene setting even more. The life of ordinary Mexicans in that time of turmoil is depicted well. The first-person writing has a strong narrative quality that keeps us hooked on to the events though we know what’s yet to come.
The story feels more special when you learn that it is based on the author’s recollections of her own great grandmother’s story. Whatever parts I had assumed were farfetched (a Mexican girl indulging in taxidermy in the 1910s or circus animals escaping from a derailed train) were based on facts!
All in all, this is an engrossing story of two teens’ experiences with a dangerous tiger and its aftermath on their lives. A good read for a quick break.
Keep in mind that it is more of historical fiction and not a fantasy, unlike what the GR tags suggest.
3.5 stars.
This story is a part of the Trespass Collection, and is available to Amazon Prime subscribers.
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Story Synopsis:
Our first-person narrator is a brave young girl who loves adventures and playing with boys. Her elder brother, contrary to her, loves books. Living at a time when revolutionary soldiers have made their routine life difficult, the siblings know to escape into a nearby cave in the mountains when the soldiers come around with their demands. However, one night in the cave, there is a mysterious visitor…
Imagine how nice it would have been if reading my synopsis would have made you curious to know who the visitor was. But thanks to the silly title, you can already guess its identity. Sheesh! The “visit” doesn’t even happen until the final section of this tiny 28 page story, so the title somewhat kills the entire suspense.
If I hadn’t been waiting for the tiger to pop up, I would have enjoyed the scene setting even more. The life of ordinary Mexicans in that time of turmoil is depicted well. The first-person writing has a strong narrative quality that keeps us hooked on to the events though we know what’s yet to come.
The story feels more special when you learn that it is based on the author’s recollections of her own great grandmother’s story. Whatever parts I had assumed were farfetched (a Mexican girl indulging in taxidermy in the 1910s or circus animals escaping from a derailed train) were based on facts!
All in all, this is an engrossing story of two teens’ experiences with a dangerous tiger and its aftermath on their lives. A good read for a quick break.
Keep in mind that it is more of historical fiction and not a fantasy, unlike what the GR tags suggest.
3.5 stars.
This story is a part of the Trespass Collection, and is available to Amazon Prime subscribers.
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January 21, 2024
Set during the Mexican revolution and the title says it all. Short but straight to the point.
January 11, 2023
"based on my great-grandmother's experiences during the Mexican Revolution, which consisted of hunting, scavenging, and surviving despite all odds." --Silvia Moreno-Garcia
It's so fascinating how a skillful writer can immerse the reader in a story that only lasts about 30 pages and make it feel like a two-hour movie. During the Mexican Revolution, a mother hides out in a cave with her children. Their experience is narrated by her thirteen-year-old daughter who is tough as nails, and her brother (practically twins they are only thirteen months apart) is frail and weak. There are other siblings, younger ones but Melchor is her favorite.
This is a tale of survival, a young girl's bravery and determination to protect her family.
It's so fascinating how a skillful writer can immerse the reader in a story that only lasts about 30 pages and make it feel like a two-hour movie. During the Mexican Revolution, a mother hides out in a cave with her children. Their experience is narrated by her thirteen-year-old daughter who is tough as nails, and her brother (practically twins they are only thirteen months apart) is frail and weak. There are other siblings, younger ones but Melchor is her favorite.
This is a tale of survival, a young girl's bravery and determination to protect her family.
February 6, 2026
"T" is for Tiger!
Interesting little story. Was hoping that I could get a quick peak at Silvia Moreno-Garcia before I read some of her novels...
Interesting little story. Was hoping that I could get a quick peak at Silvia Moreno-Garcia before I read some of her novels...
February 25, 2022
I love Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s masterful prose, as always it’s instantly evocative as the tale transforms you to a time and place that is filled with human atrocities committed against one another. The story of a bloody revolution where a family has to fight to the bone for survival, where fleeing your home is your only chance and hiding and scavenging your only hope, where blood has to protect blood…
Premise aside I wish that the bulk of the fight wasn’t against animal existence. The rabbits and squirrels, then the tiger who simply exists in the world humans took from him. I wish the fight was against the human oppressors and not the natural kin that we live along with and take advantage of when needed. The display of the triumph in the end didn’t feel as rich, more as a means to an end. This was complex and raw on many levels and beautifully told.
-kas
Premise aside I wish that the bulk of the fight wasn’t against animal existence. The rabbits and squirrels, then the tiger who simply exists in the world humans took from him. I wish the fight was against the human oppressors and not the natural kin that we live along with and take advantage of when needed. The display of the triumph in the end didn’t feel as rich, more as a means to an end. This was complex and raw on many levels and beautifully told.
-kas
March 12, 2023
This was just okay. I more or less liked the idea of this elderly woman telling a tale from her childhood in this mythical sort of vibe and I enjoyed the clear adoration she held for her brother in their youth, but aside from the commentary on growing up during wartimes, the story as a whole felt entirely unmemorable—one of those tales I probably won't think about again after I finish typing this review.
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April 1, 2022
The Tiger Came to the Mountain is a historical short story set in 1917 Mexico and based on Moreno-Garcia's grandmothers experiences of survival during the Mexican Revolution. In fewer than 30 pages we get this evocative story of a young woman and her brother hiding in the mountains and surviving on very little when a circus tiger escapes nearby. Beautiful prose and a snippet of life in a specific time and place. I wish it was longer, but still very good.
February 5, 2024
Brief, evocative and absolutely beautiful from start to finish.
May 12, 2022
A month later, I just realized who the author is! Still, meh...
December 1, 2025
Great short story!
March 9, 2022
Taking Tiger Mountain
Review of the Amazon Original Kindle eBook released simultaneously with the Audible Original audiobook (February 24 2022).
I enjoyed this short story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia which was inspired by her own family legend of her great-grandmother. Moreno-Garcia sets her tale in the midst of the Mexican Revolution (1910-20) when both the Federal and Revolutionary forces would loot the villages for food and people for the war effort. Women, children and animals would hide in mountain caves when the human predators came calling. In the story, there is a circus train derailment and escaped animals are also roaming the countryside. The 13-year-old heroine is forced to defend her sickened brother against the predation of a wandering circus tiger.
I've always found Moreno-Garcia to be terrific on building atmosphere and tension. She concludes this short story with an author's note, saying:
Review of the Amazon Original Kindle eBook released simultaneously with the Audible Original audiobook (February 24 2022).
I enjoyed this short story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia which was inspired by her own family legend of her great-grandmother. Moreno-Garcia sets her tale in the midst of the Mexican Revolution (1910-20) when both the Federal and Revolutionary forces would loot the villages for food and people for the war effort. Women, children and animals would hide in mountain caves when the human predators came calling. In the story, there is a circus train derailment and escaped animals are also roaming the countryside. The 13-year-old heroine is forced to defend her sickened brother against the predation of a wandering circus tiger.
I've always found Moreno-Garcia to be terrific on building atmosphere and tension. She concludes this short story with an author's note, saying:
After the war ended, my great-grandmother went to work in the city as a maid. She did not attend school and was illiterate. She is the reason I’m a writer.The Tiger Came to the Mountains is one of six Amazon Kindle eBooks released February 24, 2022 as part of their Amazon Original Trespass collection of short stories which "Take a walk on the wild side. When nature gets up close and personal, it isn’t always pretty. A fallen tree sparks a poisonous feud between neighbors. A child searches the darkness for the gleam of a tiger’s teeth. A woman holds off a colony of oddly relentless prairie dogs. In unsettling stories that range from horror to magical realism, award-winning authors lay bare the secrets hidden in the land."
August 18, 2023
Welp. A while back I snagged a bunch of these audio shorts from Audible/Amazon for free, from a collection called "Trespass" which is described thusly: "When nature gets up close and personal, it isn’t always pretty. A fallen tree sparks a poisonous feud between neighbors. A child searches the darkness for the gleam of a tiger’s teeth. A woman holds off a colony of oddly relentless prairie dogs. In unsettling stories that range from horror to magical realism, award-winning authors lay bare the secrets hidden in the land."
This is the first one that I listened to. It's also my first Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
I hope her other work is better.
It's not that it was BAD... but it was kind of pointless? I feel a little bit bad saying that, because it's ENTIRELY possible that I'm just not the right audience and this story isn't for a reader like me, that needs a bit more focus. I tend to not appreciate stories that don't have a real point to being told.
Was this about the war? War in general? Was this about the relationship between the narrator and her brother? Was this about the tiger? Was it about the narrator's struggle with the tiger? Was this about the fate of the farm? Was this about being a girl (or a woman) in a patriarchal society? Was this about magic/folklore/myth? Was this about the unfairness of life?
All of them? It just felt a little too unfocused and all over the place. It didn't really work for me. The "tiger" part was pretty small, so if it was ABOUT the tiger, as the collection description seems it should be, it didn't really do a great job at it.
It was well written, yes, but I need more than that. And since I listened to the audio, I should mention that the reader was... fine. The accent was a little too "put on" for my liking, but it was fine. I could follow it, and it didn't get in the way of the story too much, but it was kind of distracting and made some words hard to understand, but I can also take responsibility for some of that for not keeping up my Spanish lessons.
Anyway, I almost DNF'd a 40 minute audiobook that I was listening to at 1.5x speed. I ended up finishing it, though... So. 2 stars.
This is the first one that I listened to. It's also my first Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
I hope her other work is better.
It's not that it was BAD... but it was kind of pointless? I feel a little bit bad saying that, because it's ENTIRELY possible that I'm just not the right audience and this story isn't for a reader like me, that needs a bit more focus. I tend to not appreciate stories that don't have a real point to being told.
Was this about the war? War in general? Was this about the relationship between the narrator and her brother? Was this about the tiger? Was it about the narrator's struggle with the tiger? Was this about the fate of the farm? Was this about being a girl (or a woman) in a patriarchal society? Was this about magic/folklore/myth? Was this about the unfairness of life?
All of them? It just felt a little too unfocused and all over the place. It didn't really work for me. The "tiger" part was pretty small, so if it was ABOUT the tiger, as the collection description seems it should be, it didn't really do a great job at it.
It was well written, yes, but I need more than that. And since I listened to the audio, I should mention that the reader was... fine. The accent was a little too "put on" for my liking, but it was fine. I could follow it, and it didn't get in the way of the story too much, but it was kind of distracting and made some words hard to understand, but I can also take responsibility for some of that for not keeping up my Spanish lessons.
Anyway, I almost DNF'd a 40 minute audiobook that I was listening to at 1.5x speed. I ended up finishing it, though... So. 2 stars.
March 1, 2022
H is for hippo and L is for lion and T is for Tiger
My first ever book from Silvia Moreno-Garcia and it was a banger!
I know some softhearted people might think it is cruel to kill a squirrel, but it is crueler still to watch your siblings growing up stunted and skinny. A squirrel's tiny bones may be hard to pick when you are having a soup, but hunger is harder.
This under 30 pages book had me caring for the characters so much!🥺 Definitely reading her other works as soon as possible.
This one reminded me so much of one of my favorite short story- Sita and the river by Ruskin Bond ❤
My first ever book from Silvia Moreno-Garcia and it was a banger!
I know some softhearted people might think it is cruel to kill a squirrel, but it is crueler still to watch your siblings growing up stunted and skinny. A squirrel's tiny bones may be hard to pick when you are having a soup, but hunger is harder.
This under 30 pages book had me caring for the characters so much!🥺 Definitely reading her other works as soon as possible.
This one reminded me so much of one of my favorite short story- Sita and the river by Ruskin Bond ❤
January 5, 2023
An interesting tale based within the Mexican revolution.
Based on the authors great Grandmother's stories, this was a well written historical and evocative short story.
This was part one of the Trespass series of Amazon Originals.
Based on the authors great Grandmother's stories, this was a well written historical and evocative short story.
This was part one of the Trespass series of Amazon Originals.
July 3, 2022
3 Stars
This short story was okay. Nothing scary, just a bit of folklore and a sad tale.
I may read one of her full length novels.
This short story was okay. Nothing scary, just a bit of folklore and a sad tale.
I may read one of her full length novels.
December 10, 2023
Exquisite. Extraordinarily evocative world-building and characters you fall in love with in under 30 pages, with a dash of dread and mysticism.
March 8, 2022
Note: This ebook/audio is free to borrow for Prime members.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia tells this moving story, from her grandmother’s perspective, of her family‘s experiences during the Mexican Revolution.
While focused on a singular incident of a 13yo girl fighting off a tiger attack, Moreno-Garcia shares many hardships and travesties of war. How regular, hardworking people are impacted. I love the flow of her writing. Powerful short story.
“I could have sworn, for one brief instant, that tiger was no great cat but a mighty god of death crouching above me.”
Narration:
I enjoyed Cynthia Farrell’s performance. It was the perfect juxtaposition of elderly woman telling the story of her teen self.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia tells this moving story, from her grandmother’s perspective, of her family‘s experiences during the Mexican Revolution.
While focused on a singular incident of a 13yo girl fighting off a tiger attack, Moreno-Garcia shares many hardships and travesties of war. How regular, hardworking people are impacted. I love the flow of her writing. Powerful short story.
“I could have sworn, for one brief instant, that tiger was no great cat but a mighty god of death crouching above me.”
Narration:
I enjoyed Cynthia Farrell’s performance. It was the perfect juxtaposition of elderly woman telling the story of her teen self.
October 16, 2023
The story of a family trying to survive in the midst of violence and upheaval as they fight monsters that are both human and animal. In less than 30 pages, Silvia Moreno-Garcia packs an emotional punch. This was excellent.
P.S THIS STORY IS ALSO FREE ON KINDLE.
P.S THIS STORY IS ALSO FREE ON KINDLE.
February 18, 2022
― Rating: 4.25 Stars ★★★★
The Tiger Came To The Mountains is a short story set in 1917 Mexico following 13-year old Machorra whose life changes not only during the height of the Revolution, but when she encounters a runaway tiger. As part of the forthcoming Trespass Collection, this is a tale that dares to ask what happens when animals and humans invade each other's spaces. Silvia Moreno-Garcia's story is sure to captivate!
I have yet to read a full-length novel by Silvia, but after having the opportunity to read her upcoming short story, it seemed like a perfect way to be introduced to her exquisite writing. What I particularly enjoyed about Tiger was how it very much reads like a personal account, which made it wholly effective as a short piece of fiction, from a first person perspective. Machorra recounts details from her life during the revolution, but specifically what happens when she & her brother flee for safety from soldiers in the mountains, yet there's a sense like something is watching.
Machorra is brave, bold and I love that throughout the story she talks about her mother's strength. Despite knowing these characters for only the span of about 20 pages, Moreno-Garcia has a way of building narrative and history to her cast. Machorra's brother joins her as they attempt to reach the cave to safety and he is the more gentle of the two. Despite being an underlying thread more present in the later half of the story I enjoyed the exploration of sibling bonds and in general how the theme and presence of family adds much depth to the historic backdrop of Moreno-Garcia's story. As if I couldn't be even more impacted by this story, I highly recommend reading the author's note at the end too (it adds even more context to Tiger).
Being in first-person there's that immediate attachment you sense for the characters, however I did feel like there could have been a few more setting detail or descriptions to immerse you just a bit more.
I personally don't want to spoil the entire story, but this compelling, chilling story delivers on building an effective short piece of horror unmistakably rooted in Mexican history. Its a must-read!
The Tiger Came To The Mountains is a short story set in 1917 Mexico following 13-year old Machorra whose life changes not only during the height of the Revolution, but when she encounters a runaway tiger. As part of the forthcoming Trespass Collection, this is a tale that dares to ask what happens when animals and humans invade each other's spaces. Silvia Moreno-Garcia's story is sure to captivate!
I have yet to read a full-length novel by Silvia, but after having the opportunity to read her upcoming short story, it seemed like a perfect way to be introduced to her exquisite writing. What I particularly enjoyed about Tiger was how it very much reads like a personal account, which made it wholly effective as a short piece of fiction, from a first person perspective. Machorra recounts details from her life during the revolution, but specifically what happens when she & her brother flee for safety from soldiers in the mountains, yet there's a sense like something is watching.
Machorra is brave, bold and I love that throughout the story she talks about her mother's strength. Despite knowing these characters for only the span of about 20 pages, Moreno-Garcia has a way of building narrative and history to her cast. Machorra's brother joins her as they attempt to reach the cave to safety and he is the more gentle of the two. Despite being an underlying thread more present in the later half of the story I enjoyed the exploration of sibling bonds and in general how the theme and presence of family adds much depth to the historic backdrop of Moreno-Garcia's story. As if I couldn't be even more impacted by this story, I highly recommend reading the author's note at the end too (it adds even more context to Tiger).
Being in first-person there's that immediate attachment you sense for the characters, however I did feel like there could have been a few more setting detail or descriptions to immerse you just a bit more.
I personally don't want to spoil the entire story, but this compelling, chilling story delivers on building an effective short piece of horror unmistakably rooted in Mexican history. Its a must-read!
September 11, 2023
2.5 stars
3/5 audiobook
This was an okay story... super short and quick to the point. Nothing about it amazed me and the title literally says it all. A tiger came to the mountain where a girl and her brother were hiding out from soldiers.
2.5 stars because it's not memorable, but I didn't hate it. There honestly wasn't really a point to this story except for the fact that ... yes a tiger came to the mountain.
3/5 audiobook
This was an okay story... super short and quick to the point. Nothing about it amazed me and the title literally says it all. A tiger came to the mountain where a girl and her brother were hiding out from soldiers.
2.5 stars because it's not memorable, but I didn't hate it. There honestly wasn't really a point to this story except for the fact that ... yes a tiger came to the mountain.
November 15, 2023
Something about Moreno-Garcia's short stories just works for me. The way her prose flows lends itself so well to that format.
March 3, 2025
3.5 stars
December 2, 2025
4.5 stars
The emotions were strong in this impactful Short Story and to learn it was inspired by the author's great-grandmother's life it was even more emotional.
The emotions were strong in this impactful Short Story and to learn it was inspired by the author's great-grandmother's life it was even more emotional.
March 20, 2022
I'm fifty-fifty on this collection so far. One author who may have (temporarily) crossed himself off my TBR (Jeff Vandermeer) and one who has redeemed herself after I didn't like the only other book I've read by her (Silvia Moreno-Garcia). This short story was great, and the audio made it better. I listened to it while I did the Magic Puzzle I got for my birthday (still not done with the puzzle, those fuckers made it hard).
This is historical fiction, set in 1917 during the Mexican Revolution, and apparently it is based on the life of the author's grandmother. She and her twin brother are sent away to a cave in the mountains every time soldiers from either side of the conflict are rumored to be on their way to her small village. She is telling us the story as an old woman, and knows we are here to hear about the time with the tiger.
Because you know right away a tiger is involved, the story runs the risk of not having any tension, but the the opposite occurs. The storytelling voice is also really strong and carries the story really well. There's nothing tricksy or spooky about this story. It's just really well-told.
This is historical fiction, set in 1917 during the Mexican Revolution, and apparently it is based on the life of the author's grandmother. She and her twin brother are sent away to a cave in the mountains every time soldiers from either side of the conflict are rumored to be on their way to her small village. She is telling us the story as an old woman, and knows we are here to hear about the time with the tiger.
Because you know right away a tiger is involved, the story runs the risk of not having any tension, but the the opposite occurs. The storytelling voice is also really strong and carries the story really well. There's nothing tricksy or spooky about this story. It's just really well-told.
March 19, 2022
In 1917 Mexico, a young girl and her brother hide out in mountain caves from soldiers from both sides of the revolution and encounter an escaped circus tiger. Filled with the love of family and place, the story also reveals the horrors of civil war and poverty and the people caught up in it. The author's personal note at the end, which connects the girl to her great-grandmother, is stunning.
June 3, 2022
This was the first time I’ve read anything by this author and I loved it!
October 4, 2022
“What is godhood against the need of a child to save her brother? Nothing, I tell you.”
Damn.
Just damn.
It’s rich and beautiful and thrilling and dark and the perfect length as a novella.
Too good to explain. It just hits the spot.
CW: violence, animal death/murder, death of loved ones, grief, recurring yet brief references to past sexual violence/rape/kidnapping
Damn.
Just damn.
It’s rich and beautiful and thrilling and dark and the perfect length as a novella.
Too good to explain. It just hits the spot.
CW: violence, animal death/murder, death of loved ones, grief, recurring yet brief references to past sexual violence/rape/kidnapping
May 7, 2023
Strong & beautiful short story about a young girl during the Mexican Revolution. I’m surprised to see negative reviews. I’m giving it 5 stars, period. It’s a great story of the survivalist instinct rooted deep in Mexican girls’ blood. Made me cry, but maybe because I relate to the narrator, as also being a surviving Mexican girl. Took maybe 35 min to read. Def recommend.
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